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16 - Emails and Cyber Work

from Part II - Technologies in Cyber Behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2024

By
Rita Mano
Edited by
Zheng Yan
Zheng Yan
Affiliation:
University at Albany, State University of New York
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Summary

1 Information and Work Performance

2 Email Information Overload

3 Email Intensity and the Work–Non-Work Balance

4 Email Overload and Employee Withdraw

5 Organizational Moderators

6 Mobile Email Use

7 Future Directions

Keywords

emailcyber workinformationwork performanceinformation overloademail intensitywork/non-work balanceemail overloadorganizational moderatorsmobile email
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The Cambridge Handbook of Cyber Behavior , pp. 461 - 478
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Emails and Cyber Work
  • Edited by Zheng Yan, University at Albany, State University of New York
  • Book: The Cambridge Handbook of Cyber Behavior
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